Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: banded

Photo: Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

Photo: Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

Photo: Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

Photo: Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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Banded lapwing (Vanellus tricolor) at Moonlit Sanctuary.

Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it's northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

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A red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) in Gandys Beach, New Jersey.

A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

Photo: A banded caecilian (Gymnopis multiplicata) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A banded caecilian (Gymnopis multiplicata) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

Photo: A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

Photo: A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

Photo: A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

Photo: A banded caecilian (Gymnopis multiplicata) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A banded caecilian (Gymnopis multiplicata) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

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